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Global Sisters Report
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Global Sisters Report gives voice to women religious and their contributions to human development worldwide. We are a project of @ncronline.bsky.social.
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 2d
Sr. Mary Lilly Driciru has been sustainably building peace, harmony and development in rural African communities in Northern Uganda. She hopes support for this effort spreads throughout the entire country.
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 2d
"We want to inspire small-scale farmers to maximize their farms' potential," Sr. Flora Nyawira of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Good Shepherd said.
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Sisters turning 25 acres in Kenya into a model for mixed farming
"We want to inspire small-scale farmers to maximize their farms' potential," Sr. Flora Nyawira of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Good Shepherd said.
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 3d
The UK-based anti-landmines group was honored with the 2025 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, the world's largest annual humanitarian award for nonprofits.
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2025 Hilton Humanitarian Prize awarded to Mines Advisory Group
The UK-based anti-landmines group was honored with the 2025 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, the world's largest annual humanitarian award for nonprofits.
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 4d
Sr. Ritamary Brown has dedicated her life to caring for the sick. Within her ministry she puts together clean birth kits to mothers without access to medical facilities.
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 4d
Sr. Rosily Kolencherry has organized more than 60,000 women into self-help groups across Bihar state, empowering them to tackle social issues and launch income-generating projects during her four decades of ministry in eastern India.
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 5d
"A government shutdown jeopardizes the health and stability of millions of families — especially those living paycheck to paycheck and communities that depend on essential services," Sr. Mary Haddad said.
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Monday Starter: Sisters, advocacy groups fear impact of US government shutdown
Plus, the relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux begin US tour at a Detroit parish.
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 5d
Sarah Mullally, the bishop of London, was announced Friday as Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time a woman has been chosen as the spiritual leader of the Church of England.
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Sarah Mullally named the first female Archbishop of Canterbury
The process for Mullally was an 11-month marathon presided over by a committee of some 20 people chaired by the former director-general of MI5, Britain’s domestic spy agency. The process only began wi...
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Joe Ferullo @joeferullo.bsky.social · 5d
Jerusalem's Cardinal Pizzaballa welcomes ceasefire talks as first step, urges prayer, perseverance.
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel
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Cardinal Pizzaballa welcomes ceasefire talks as first step, urges prayer, perseverance
"Many questions remain unanswered, and much still needs to be defined. We must not delude ourselves, but we are pleased that something new and positive is on the horizon," Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzab...
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 5d
This month we asked sisters:

"Who or what has shaped your response to ministry?"
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 5d
Typhoons Ragasa and Bualoi battered Vietnam as chapels, kindergartens and centers for people with disabilities operated by the sisters were destroyed.
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 8d
The Sisters of St. Joseph's Mirabeau Water Garden in New Orleans is under construction, creating an opportunity to utilize the city's excess rainwater.
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Developers wanted their land. Instead, sisters are turning it into a rainwater repository.
The Sisters of St. Joseph's Mirabeau Water Garden in New Orleans is under construction, creating an opportunity to utilize the city's excess rainwater.
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 9d
"Nature continues to respond to human lifestyles that cause the climate to change. It is now a crisis. We were warned for decades, but governments chose political decisions over the dire need to reform energy sources."
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'We have to do something!': Our faith calls us protect creation
The blessing of combining parishes is the wealth of experience that people share in new ways. At our combined parish, that has reenergized initiatives to restore our common home, Earth, and to act on ...
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 10d
"Our hope was to be with the Hudson River and experience it as a living being, with its own right to exist, flourish and thrive," said Charity Sr. Carol De Angelo.
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Photo essay: New York sisters set on pilgrimage to experience Hudson River as 'a living being'
"Our hope was to be with the Hudson River and experience it as a living being, with its own right to exist, flourish and thrive," said Charity Sr. Carol De Angelo.
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 11d
In the hallways of the courts in El Paso, Texas, the Scalabrinian sister has helped countless individuals and families prepare for the most feared events these days for migrants in the United States: being detained or deported.
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From the parish to court, sister follows the call of faith to aid migrants
"Everyone is susceptible to being detained," said Scalbrinian Sr. Leticia Gutiérrez Valderrama, who accompanies migrant families in the El Paso court system.
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 12d
"Everyone is susceptible to being detained," said Scalbrinian Sr. Leticia Gutiérrez Valderrama, who accompanies migrant families in the El Paso court system.
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From the parish to court, sister follows the call of faith to aid migrants
"Everyone is susceptible to being detained," said Scalbrinian Sr. Leticia Gutiérrez Valderrama, who accompanies migrant families in the El Paso court system.
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 15d
"Military occupation, humanitarian assault, forced starvation, ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, 'emptying the Strip,' genocide … whatever it's called, it is happening right now in Gaza." — Sr. Quincy Howard
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 16d
By definition, the United Nations is a global space.

For the Catholic sisters whose ministries have taken them to the U.N.'s headquarters in New York City, it is also a "Gospel space."
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As UN holds general assembly, sisters connect goals with Catholic social teaching
When it comes to advocating for the marginalized, women religious "have the history even before some of the member states became members of the U.N.," Sr. Mary Jane Caspillo said.
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 17d
Longtime chaplain for Loyola Chicago's men's basketball team, Sr. Jean Dolores Schmidt, has retired at 106 because of health concerns. The school's student newspaper, The Loyola Phoenix, announced her retirement earlier this month.
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March Madness icon Sister Jean, longtime Loyola Chicago chaplain, retires at 106
Sr. Jean Dolores Schmidt, the longtime chaplain for Loyola Chicago's men's basketball team, has retired at 106 because of health concerns.
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 17d
Doreen Ajiambo, Global Sisters Report's Kenya-based Africa regional correspondent, has been honored for her reporting focusing on climate justice and women of faith during last year's United Nations climate summit, or COP29.
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GSR Africa correspondent wins Covering Climate Now journalism honor
Doreen Ajiambo, Global Sisters Report's Africa regional correspondent, has been honored for her reporting during last year's United Nations climate summit, or COP29.
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 17d
In its religious orders, the Catholic Church has an array of strong, courageous and generous women who care for the poor, defend peace and share the Gospel message of salvation in Christ, Pope Leo XIV said.
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Pope praises women's religious orders for courage, generosity
Pope Leo thanked the sisters of four religious orders on Monday “for the good you do in so many countries and in so many different contexts.”
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 17d
With the help of All Africa Conference: Sister to Sister, the training is practical and hands-on, focusing on human development, self-knowledge, team leadership, accountability, communication and nonviolence.
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Nigerian sisters grow through training in Gospel-based leadership
With the help of All Africa Conference: Sister to Sister, the training is practical and hands-on, focusing on human development, self-knowledge, team leadership, accountability, communication and nonv...
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 17d
Nestled in the serene hills of Westchester County, New York, lies a sanctuary of compassion: Rosary Hill Home. Operated by the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, this haven offers free palliative care to patients afflicted with incurable cancer.
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Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne bring warmth of human connection to the dying
Nestled in the serene hills of Westchester County, New York, lies a sanctuary of compassion: Rosary Hill Home. Operated by the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, this haven offers free palliative care to...
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 18d
The sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Nagasaki, is president of Nagasaki Junshin Catholic University and is committed to educating her students on peace and nuclear disarmament.
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Q&A with Sr. Kumiko Sakamoto, advocate for nuclear disarmament
The sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Nagasaki, is president of Nagasaki Junshin Catholic University and is committed to educating her students on peace and nuclear disarmament.
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 19d
Catholic sisters describe collapsing ministries, growing inequality and urgent needs they say go unseen by international supporters.
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Sisters in South Africa say donors look away as they struggle to serve poor
Catholic sisters describe collapsing ministries, growing inequality and urgent needs they say go unseen by international supporters.
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Global Sisters Report @sistersreport.bsky.social · 22d
Four members of the Missionary Sisters of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and their driver were killed Sept. 15 in a road crash in northern Tanzania, cutting short a journey that began with a joyful religious celebration.
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Four nuns, driver killed in Tanzania road crash after celebrating vows
The Missionary Sisters of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus were returning from a profession ceremony when their vehicle collided with a truck near Mwanza.
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